1789 PHYSICS Science Experiments Illustrated Astronomy Compasses Optics Brisson
Mathurin-Jacques Brisson was as an 18th-century French scientist who wrote numerous works on zoology, physics, and chemistry. One of his best works was his ‘Treatise on Elementary Principles of Physics’. This work is a highly desirable work, so much so that supplemental illustrations were published throughout the end of the 18th-century. This collection of 90 engravings depicts countless studies within physics such as optics, compasses and navigation, astronomy, lunar study, magnetism, mechanics, and climatology.
1789 PHYSICS Science Experiments Illustrated Astronomy Compasses Optics Brisson
Mathurin-Jacques Brisson was as an 18th-century French scientist who wrote numerous works on zoology, physics, and chemistry. One of his best works was his ‘Treatise on Elementary Principles of Physics’. This work is a highly desirable work, so much so that supplemental illustrations were published throughout the end of the 18th-century. This collection of 90 engravings depicts countless studies within physics such as optics, compasses and navigation, astronomy, lunar study, magnetism, mechanics, and climatology.
Item number: #21668
Price: $750
Mathurin-Jacques Brisson
Planches du Dictionnaire de Physique
Paris: de l’Imprimerie de Moutard, 1781.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- 90 plates of engravings
- Provenance: Handwritten – [ Boucher d’Anges]
- Language: French
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~10.25in X 8in (26cm x 20.5cm)
- Quite scarce
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21668
Categories
Mathematics & Physics
Medicine & Science
Authors
Mathurin-Jacques Brisson
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
French
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete